A player for Duke in the late 1990s, Wojciechowski joined the staff at his alma mater in 1999 and was elevated to associate head coach in 2008, becoming Mike Krzyzewski's lead assistant (and designated participant in halftime interviews with TV reporters instead of the Blue Devils' iconic coach).

Given his place as second-in-command at one of the top programs in the country, Wojciechowski was thought to be a good candidate for several head coaching jobs over the past few years, but never came close to accepting any other offer. Apparently Marquette was finally a good fit.

Wojciechowski is the latest in a line of Krzyzewski assistants to become head coaches elsewhere. Chris Collins was hired by Northwestern just last season, and Johnny Dawkins of Stanford and Tommy Amaker of Harvard are both former Duke assistant coaches as well.

The Golden Eagles went 17-15 last season, missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005.

Tennessee's Cuonzo Martin was thought to be a major candidate for the Marquette job as well but reportedly took himself out of the running on Monday.